Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-20
DRINKING IN GROCERIES,.
The District Commissioners Deter.
mined 20 Break it ND.
WHAT THEY SAT- OF THE NEW REGULATIONS AMI
TEE OBJECT OF THEN.

There seems to be some misunderstanding
among wholesale grocery and liquor dealers as to
the regulations adopted on Tuesday by the Dis
trct Commissioners for the issuing OF licenses to
sell liquor. Yesterday afternoon Messrs. ]. c.
Ergood and James l. Barbour called upon the
Commissioners to protest against the enforce
ment Of the seventh clause Of the regulations
which prohibits the issuing Of liquor license
'to all grocery and provision stores" They stated
that the majority OF the wholesale grocery dealers
merely sell liquor as q matter Of convenience to
their customers who prefer to do all their buying
ct one store.
OBJnT OF THE CoNNrssIoNKRa
The District Commissioners replied (as they
stated to STAR reporter today that 1t was not
their intention to prevent the sale Of liquor by
legitimate dealers The object Of the regulation Is
rooms that assume the cloak OF grocery or
tIaais: TIE. Commissioners stated to SsS the
have been in the habit OF applying for wholesale
liquor license, or dealers license, on the ground
that tn tney also deal cal IN In They
the premises. The law regulating the issuing Of
that no liquor shall be sold to be drunk on the
premises PREM , When n, such condition Of r.;
was annulled and the dealer was forced to take
out retail license. But finding that the evils at
tending the sale OF liquor in these places remained
the same, II they did not become worse, the Com
missoners say they resolved to refuse licenses to
all grocery or provision stores to sell by retail,
and unless the store Is equipped to sell cy whole
sale license will not be issued for that purpose
as IL would then be too evidently blind. To all
places where upon examination. the police nnd
wholesale license will be issued with the restrc-
tiOn that no liquor shall be drunk on the premises
But In no case will a retail license be granted to
dealer who also sells by wholesale.
inc Commissloners say they cannot understand
privilege to sell by retail. They do not believe
such a trafhc should be encouraged as places
every chlld man or woman who goes to store to
buy groceries In contact with a rum-urinker or
that they have no desire and had no intention to
restrict dealers who sell liquor as they would
other articles OF merchandise, nor could
they under the law do 1t If they
wished. but they will refuse to issue
dozen bottles OF beer and bottle Of whisky are
the only support for claim to q wholesale or re-
Tall business They say that the business seems
now TO be In the hands OF too many lawlesS men,
and that the Commissioners only desire is TO give
the trade as much OF an air OF respectability and
propriety as It can bear.
AGAINST SELLING DRINKS IN WHOLESALE IIouoR
STORES.
Commissioner Webb stated to the reporter that
the gentleman who called yesterday said that the
wholesale grocerymen wanted licenses to sell by
retail as well as wholesale. He says he doesn't
very well see how this can be done as the law
regulating the wholesale license requires an ap-
plicant to give bonds In the sum OF 5000 that he
Will not sell liquor to be drunk on the premises.
commissioners to issue q retail license To those
dealers.